Man Declares Himself "Benevolent Dictator" of A "Micronation" In Nevada

This Nevada man has proclaimed himself Dictator of a micronation. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Watch TYT LIVE on weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

Read more HERE: https://www.insider.com/photos-meet-dictator-kevin-baugh-micronation-republic-molossia-nevada-2022-10

"It all started in 1977, when a 15-year-old Kevin Baugh and his childhood best friend, James Spielman, watched "The Mouse That Roared" — a satirical 1959 movie about a tiny, fictional nation waging war on the US.

"I was struck by the imagination and creativity of that," said the 60-year-old, who asked to be referred to as "Your Excellency" or "President Baugh," during a phone interview with Insider.

Four decades on, he's lost contact with that friend — but the dream of ruling his own miniature country lives on.

Baugh is now the self-proclaimed "benevolent dictator" of the Republic of Molossia — a one-acre micronation with a population of 35 in the northwestern Nevadan desert."*

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